Sadly, due to my inability to function, I didn’t give any notice, but if you see this today, Friday the 25th, it’s available online for…[Read more]

Well, here I am getting on this thread to share a prayer request, only to find that others are struggling too. It’s almost like we’re meant to be in the same community, or something 🙂

Lately I’ve been struggling with some deep, decade-long hurts inflicted by someone very close to me. My heart is raw and healing, and…[Read more]

AND, thank you for all the comments on the document itself! I can see I definitely need to make some changes. Sweet!

@kate -…[Read more]

So when people read these, will they apply for a specific guild, then? Or will it still be Story Embers’ (aka your) choice who goes in what guild? Just curious 🙂

Huge thanks to Josiah! And I love the story and the jewel connection to Alfred (as hinted at in the hall @kate began creating. Does this mean you’re going…[Read more]

@eden-anderson – Hey…it’s like “dork” can be my other middle name 😉 I’ve had that happen too. I’ve started copying my longest replies before I submit. It’s come in really handy before! This one seemed to go through, but…[Read more]

Here’s the new link.

@r-m-archer  @daeus-lamb

@eden-anderson

Wow, well, I posted on here almost a week ago. A really long response to your question. I get on today, and poof! It’s not there. *Pout*

I never say things as well the…[Read more]

Check it out here

I think it needs a bit more in the way of stronger verbs and unique prose. I think the core is strong enough, just…[Read more]

@kate – Yes! Love what you said about humility and following God in it. Such good reminders. Thanks 🙂

@eden-anderson

I think you might have answered your own question… 😉 You said:

 I can’t really imagine myself not coming up with stories and writing them down.

This is huge. This is a gut…[Read more]

I like your Clarissa! It’s funny, ’cause I’m tall and slim with blue eyes. But not black hair 😉 She sounds pretty cool, and I’m glad she helps the hero and works for justice. Sounds like my kinda girl!

I shall tuck the name…[Read more]

As she poured out her story, it tugged on my heart. I couldn’t understand it all from experience, but fear and I are old enemies. I did know from experience that…[Read more]

Good work all! Can’t wait to read all of the stories 😀

Just thought I’d start a place for those with general writing questions to post them for feedback.

@eden-anderson and everybody 🙂

I’m super glad…[Read more]

I went through the doc and made some comments. Anyone, please let me know if those comments are a good idea or if I’m all wet. @kate – can you review them Monday at all before we submit? 🙂

@daeus-lamb @literatureforthelight @GabbyJ @etc.

Bravo! Both were well-written lots of fun 🙂

Grace, I also must applaud your ending–tying in the boy’s search with it too–bravo!

Kate, I think your prose and word-choices add to the humor, and Jason is hilarious, for sure.

*Deep breath* I vote for Kate. (Man, I need to write another rough draft. It’s a bit…[Read more]

@eden-anderson – Hello and welcome, newest Saxon Scribe member! If you haven’t yet, you should go poke around the icebreaker page (“Talk you frigid people”) and answer the questions. We all have our info on there as well, so you…[Read more]

Sure, there are things that could be polished and the story could be better (as all could!), but the heart of the story is solid, the theme well-crafted in it, and the emotion is real. That’s what makes a good story, and the ability to do that makes a good…[Read more]

There’s something else that really helps me that I totally forgot about. This may be familiar to you, but it’s the concept of using the main character’s arc to figure out main plot points. The best way I know how to…[Read more]

If you want to share anything else, go for it 🙂 I enjoy reading your stuff! And honestly, I think the things we write “just for me” are the best (that and writing just for God). It’s when we try to “perform” and write for others that our creativity can get shut down. Not always, of course, but it’s just…[Read more]

Middles are hard, I agree. I tend to enjoy plotting, but I agree with you and @msqueen8 that outlines can sometimes be anti-creative. I like to figure out main plot points that lead to the final climax. I found this image that might be helpful:

Personally, I visualize the falling action to…[Read more]

And…of course a random idea pops into my head. What if Lisa is stealing the painting because she has no eyebrows? The introverted thing works to a point, but if no one knows her name, she’s…[Read more]

You make me happy.

😀

@rosemarylouise – Thanks so much! I…[Read more]

I wrote nothing. lol. But I have a fleshed-out character where before there was only a skeleton. He’s much more handsome this way . . ..

Ever since I heard of Jesus, I thought and prayed how I might get near Him. If only I could offer a sacrifice at the Temple, perhaps God would grant my request. But no, the Law forbade it. Even if I could draw near, I had little to offer. All my money had been sp…[Read more]

So what’s your next project? You know what they say, “Write what you know.” This piece was a great example of that. Anything else from your family life, school friends/teachers or anything you could write about? Draw on…[Read more]

Is it deep, is it juicy, precious? Is it tasty? Yessssssss, precious.

Okay, I think I was making disposition larger than it should be. You said that disposition is, in itself, a kind of worldview (short-term, though). So, in the house illustration (this is just how my brain works), the disposition might be the part of the foundation beneath the emotion and mood of the character, while the worldview…[Read more]

Okay, I got some of that. 😉 See if I’m understanding you correctly: Disposition is a broad foundation of a part of a character. On this foundation, mood, current emotional reactions and worldview are built. When the house is finished and the reader is given a tour of part of the house (a scene), they don’t…[Read more]

No worries. I’ll be just as available then. Editing feels like a never-ending process sometimes 🙂

1. I think it definitely makes the characters more unique, and unique helps make characters deeper. It’s the 2D, cardboard-ish characters we forget easily, that seem shallow. Deep characters have strong motivations and desires, intense passion for their goal, etc., but if this is all cookie-cutter, it’ll fall flat. The depth has…[Read more]

Great! Thanks for sharing 🙂 I put comments on the document itself. I’m guessing the others are racking up word counts for the new guild war, but I’ll tag a few for later on 🙂

@kate @msqueen8 @r-m-archer @elizabeth @Uh, anybody else we should tag, ladies? 🙂

What format will you be sending? The real question is, can I read it on my Kindle, or will I need to read on my comp? Kindle, I could have it done in a few days. Computer, I’d probably need more like a week.